PASADENA, Calif. The Carnegie Observatories of the Carnegie Institution and the University of Arizona, Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, have signed an agreement to produce the first mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) — the first telescope of the next-generation of extremely large ground-based telescopes (ELT) to begin mirror production. Texas A&M University is a […]
Quantum mechanics has done it again. In an experiment with supercooled helium, researchers at Penn State say they have found that as a solid ring spins around, part of it can remain perfectly still. At ultracold temperatures, matter often behaves far differently than it does in everyday experience. For instance, many materials turn into superconductors, […]
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin are joining the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Consortium to explore the frontiers of our universe as the result of a $1.25 million gift to Texas A&M from George P. Mitchell of Houston and matching funds from The University of Texas at Austin. […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Peter M. McIntyre, professor of physics at Texas A&M University, has been appointed to the newly-endowed chair associated with the university’s George P. and Cynthia W. Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics. McIntyre will hold the Mitchell/Heep Chair in Experimental High Energy Physics, endowed with a recent gift from George P. and […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Hans A. Schuessler, professor of physics specializing in optical and biomedical physics, has been appointed to the Schuessler/Mitchell/Heep Chair in Experimental Optical and Biomedical Physics in the Department of Physics at Texas A&M University. This chair was recently endowed with gifts from Schuessler, George P. Mitchell, of The Woodlands, and a […]
COLLEGE STATION — Rural and small-town Texas teachers arrived on the Texas A&M University campus last week, ready to start back to school, all for the sake of their students. Twenty-nine high school physics teachers participated in the second annual Rural Physics Teachers Resource Agents (PTRA) workshop June 7-11, facilitated by the Department of Physics. […]
COLLEGE STATION — Continuing his support of the study of cosmology and experimental physics at Texas A&M University, George P. Mitchell ’40 has donated $500,000 to the Department of Physics which, with matching funds from the Heep Foundation, establishes the Mitchell/Heep Chair in Experimental High Energy Physics. Mitchell, former chairman and chief executive officer of […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Hans A. Schuessler was honored at a luncheon yesterday (May 5) for his donation to Texas A&M University which, combined with a donation from George P. Mitchell ’40 and matching funds by the Heep Foundation, establishes the Schuessler/Mitchell/Heep Chair in Experimental Optical and Biomedical Physics. Distributions from this endowed fund will […]
COLLEGE STATION — The universe is expanding, and it is doing so in a rapid manner, believes renowned astronomer Robert Kirshner of Harvard University. His remarks were part of Mitchell Symposium on Observational Cosmology being presented this week at Texas A&M University. The conference features 40 of the world’s top astronomers and physicists commenting on […]
COLLEGE STATION — Looking to better understand the origins of the universe, The George P. & Cynthia W. Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics at Texas A&M University will host an international conference on “String Theory and Cosmology,” March 14-17. After the conference, there will be a public presentation on March 20 of “Superstrings, Time Warps, […]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Alexei V. Sokolov, assistant professor of physics in the College of Science at Texas A&M University, has been awarded a $35,000 Research Innovation Award (RIA) to support his investigation on the process of creating ever-shorter pulses of light. The award was given to Sokolov after his proposal underwent an extensive peer […]
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